Please find the video of my presentation above. Self-directed learning is an interesting topic, and to some extent, echoes the topic in my freelance research on whether teachers are moving to facilitators. I hope...
When I started this project, I was both curious and unsure. The question I chose is: Are educators becoming facilitators rather than lecturers? But I didn’t know at the time how to recognize what facilitation...
I will try to initially combine theory, observation, and practice to define what a true facilitator looks like and why it is important. After weeks of observing platforms, reading theoretical materials, and talking to...
In this week’s Free Inquiry, I wanted to find out how real educators think about their roles. Are these ideas reflected in their actual teaching? To find out, I interviewed John, a roommate of...
This week’s theme revolves around accessibility, inclusion, privacy, and ethics, but what surprised me was that even ‘open education’ can lead to exclusion and harm. In Funes and Mackness’s article, they make the subversive...
After observing the behavior of teachers at Coursera and Outschool last week, I got to thinking: What does it mean to be a “facilitator” in education? What theories support this shift from traditional teaching?...
During this week, I tried to get a better understanding of my subject and whether the role of the teacher is now really changing from lecturer to support staff. I think the best way...
Photo by CDC on Unsplash This week’s study has thrown up a few questions for me: Where does the real presence of teachers and students come from in an online learning environment? In what...
The goal of this week was to identify my topic of free inquiry, gain an initial understanding of the context, and develop a 7-week learning plan. The theme I have chosen to explore is...
Reading through this week’s posts I began to understand the importance of focusing on the future of edtech, particularly how we understand and use generative AI and the potential hopes and threats of edtech....
Through reading this week’s materials, I have learned about the concepts and differences between OEP and OER: OER (Open Educational Resources) refers to teaching and learning materials that can be freely accessed, used, modified, and re-shared,...